{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-22-310","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-22-310","heading":"Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish traffic education program; administration.","body":"(A) Each circuit solicitor has the prosecutorial discretion as defined in this chapter and shall as a matter of prosecutorial discretion establish a traffic education program in the respective circuits for persons who commit traffic-related offenses that are punishable only by a fine and loss of four points or less. A person may not participate in a traffic education program if the person's traffic-related offense resulted in death or serious bodily injury to another person.\n(B) The circuit solicitors are specifically endowed with and retain all discretionary powers pursuant to the common law.\n(C) A traffic education program must be under the direct supervision and control of the circuit solicitor; however, the solicitor may contract for services with a county or municipality in the circuit.\n(D) The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination shall oversee administrative procedures for the traffic education programs.\n(E) A traffic education program must include both a community service and an educational component.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 22 Intervention Programs","ARTICLE 3 Traffic Education Program"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c022.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:46:24Z","sha256":"896908c03f33cb4107f1a47a699ccb8029c04bb848e0a75ab54638c3828eec97","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-22-300","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-22-320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}